Power-One's products refine electricity into the voltages. An impressive list of high-technology customers include: needed to power high-availability infrastructure systems, Alcatel-Lucent, Cisco Systems, Electrolux, Ericsson, Extreme including: wireless, broadband, routers, optical networking, Networks, Huawei, IBM, Indesit, Motorola, Nokia, Nortel high-end data server/storage, instrumentation, railway, Networks, Siemens, and Teradyne. Thousands of additional medical diagnostic, semiconductor-test equipment, solar-customers are serviced by one of the industry's most panel inverters, and intelligent motor controls, extensive distribution networks.
Power-One has executed six acquisitions in eight years and evolved into an industry leader, competitive on a world-class level. Power-One's corporate structure provides business units with access to substantial financial, logistical, and technical resources; facilitating proactive responses to changing market conditions. Customer support, R&D centers, and manufacturing operations are strategically located in the Americas, Asia/Pacific, and Europe. Corporate headquarters are located in Camarillo, California.
Many of Power-One's products power high-end infrastructure applications and have historically provided gross margins among the highest in the power-conversion industry. With a large number of customers, and distributors, this strategy also facilitates diversification across a wide range of high-growth applications, including high-end data servers and storage, multi-protocol wireless base stations, and the "triple-play" convergence of voice over IP, video on demand, and Internet access.
Global presence, technology leadership, and local customer support contribute to making Power-One competitive on a world-class level. Strategically-located global operations facilitate industry-leading support for global customers. Power-One employs over 4,000 people worldwide and is certified to ISO standards for all facilities, including joint ventures and contract manufacturing partnerships.
Power-One's manufacturing strategy includes the ability to quickly adjust capacity and meet customer demands, through the coordination of joint ventures, contract manufacturers, and wholly-owned facilities.
Although each factory is optimized for specific products and volumes, flexible work cells allow manufacturing additional products based on customer location, lead times, and shipping costs. This combination of strategic locations and flexible infrastructure enables world class responsiveness.
